Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism

Aurora Constantin; Cristina Alexandru; Georgia Fox; Lauren Meikle

Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism

Aurora Constantin, Cristina Alexandru, Georgia Fox, Lauren Meikle

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Previous research suggests that Participatory Design (PD) is a very promising approach for involving children with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) in generating design solutions, but also in practising essential skills (e.g. collaboration skills). However, because of their difficulties with social communication accompanied by rigidity in thought and behaviour, these children face significant challenges during PD. Specifically, in the idea generation stage of PD, they have difficulties expressing their creativity. Based on user participation, we built a first version of a low fidelity prototype (iGeneration) for a technology-based tool to elicit creativity in children with ASC during idea generation. This article reports on a research study which explored the feasibility of iGeneration to support children with ASC in creating design ideas for an educational game. The results revealed that the participants engaged and enjoyed working with iGeneration. The children created a number of ideas which were diverse, novel and appropriate for the design tasks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Confernces on Interfaces and Human Computer Interation 2020 and Game and Entertainment TEchnologies 2020
Publisher	Internal Association for Development of the Information Society
Pages	181 - 186
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-989-8704-20-7
Publication status	Published - 23 Jul 2020
Event	14th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction - Online conference, Zagreb, Croatia Duration: 23 Jul 2020 → 25 Jul 2020 https://www.ihci-conf.org/

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	IHCI 2020
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Period	23/07/20 → 25/07/20
Internet address	https://www.ihci-conf.org/

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Participatory Design
Children
Autism
Feasibility Study
Idea Generation

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Constantin, A., Alexandru, C., Fox, G., & Meikle, L. (2020). Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism. In Proceedings of the International Confernces on Interfaces and Human Computer Interation 2020 and Game and Entertainment TEchnologies 2020 (pp. 181 - 186). Internal Association for Development of the Information Society. http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/exploratory-study-examining-the-feasibility-of-a-technology-based-tool-to-support-creativity-in-children-with-autism

Constantin, Aurora ; Alexandru, Cristina ; Fox, Georgia et al. / Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism. Proceedings of the International Confernces on Interfaces and Human Computer Interation 2020 and Game and Entertainment TEchnologies 2020. Internal Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020. pp. 181 - 186

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Constantin, A , Alexandru, C, Fox, G & Meikle, L 2020, Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism. in Proceedings of the International Confernces on Interfaces and Human Computer Interation 2020 and Game and Entertainment TEchnologies 2020. Internal Association for Development of the Information Society, pp. 181 - 186, 14th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Zagreb, Croatia, 23/07/20. <http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/exploratory-study-examining-the-feasibility-of-a-technology-based-tool-to-support-creativity-in-children-with-autism>

Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism. / Constantin, Aurora ; Alexandru, Cristina; Fox, Georgia et al.
Proceedings of the International Confernces on Interfaces and Human Computer Interation 2020 and Game and Entertainment TEchnologies 2020. Internal Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020. p. 181 - 186.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Constantin A , Alexandru C, Fox G, Meikle L. Exploratory Study Examining the Feasibility of a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity in Children with Autism. In Proceedings of the International Confernces on Interfaces and Human Computer Interation 2020 and Game and Entertainment TEchnologies 2020. Internal Association for Development of the Information Society. 2020. p. 181 - 186

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